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  • Coronavirus

    Watch the Aug. 25 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing

    The Shelby County Health Department reported 122 new coronavirus cases and no new related deaths on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 26, 2020
  • Metro

    Coronavirus: Day’s positivity rate falls to under 7%

    About 30% of area ICU patients were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the virus.

    By Elle Perry August 25, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: Health Department to report cases by school district

    The Health Department has been criticized previously for its decision not to release coronavirus case information by individual schools. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 25, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Ban overturned in Collierville, but not stone; and a new deli comes to Midtown

    It's Tuesday, Aug. 25, and we're talking about schools and sports, a new slice and 'Dice' place and how a hiring freeze is affecting the county. But mostly schools and sports. 

    By Mary Cashiola August 25, 2020
  • State Government

    Bill making camp-out protests a felony comes under fire

    A new law stripping people’s voting rights for camping on restricted state property is drawing heat from voting rights advocates and state lawmakers who say it is unjustified.

    By Sam Stockard August 25, 2020
  • Metro

    Commission votes down East Holmes and Hacks Cross convenience store

    A proposed convenience store with gas pumps on the southeast corner of East Holmes Road and Hacks Cross Road was voted down Monday, Aug. 24, by Shelby County commissioners.

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2020
  • Shelby County

    County hiring freeze continues to thaw with questions about budget numbers

    Shelby County commissioners approved a waiver to the freeze Monday for county firefighters but put off another waiver for 78 more positions in other departments. 

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2020
  • Elections

    Certified vote totals show signs of frustration with mail delays

    The voter turnout totals certified Monday by the Shelby County Election Commission show a larger than normal number of provisional ballots. 

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2020
  • Health Care

    Schools must notify at-risk contacts within 12 hours, send weekly updates

    Schools have responsibility to contact people who may have come in contact with the virus on school property. It must happen within 12 hours. 

    By Jane Roberts August 25, 2020
  • Metro

    Tennessee unemployment to increase to nearly $600 per week

    The Lost Wages Assistance will end when the federal grant funding is exhausted. If the federal funding is not exhausted, payments in Tennessee will end Saturday, Dec. 26.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 28, 2020
  • Education

    The ‘heart’ of SCO to retire

    Dr. Betty Harville was the first Black female optometrist in Tennessee and first Black woman in the U.S. to become a full-time optometry school professor.

    By Christin Yates August 24, 2020
  • Update Health Care

    FDA reverses decision, gives emergency approval for blood plasma infusions

    About face comes after high-ranking experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, said early results did not prove the therapy works.

    By Jane Roberts August 24, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: After recent low totals, testing jumps up to near 3,000

    With 289 new coronavirus cases and 2,889 tests reported this morning, the day's positivity rate is almost exactly 10% — the figure local health experts want to see. 

    By Elle Perry August 25, 2020
  • Education

    Even online, students will face suspension for misbehavior

    Shelby County Schools students will be attending school remotely from home this fall, but the basic rules of school will still apply, with penalties for tardiness, truancy and dress code violations.

    By Laura Faith Kebede August 24, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Celebrating a champion, defending kids

    Welcome back to The Early Word, where we're talking about a football folly, the pandemic's effect on young people and what the TVA says we stand to lose if we don't choose it for our power. 

    By Mary Cashiola August 24, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Juvenile homicides on the rise in Memphis

    Twenty-four juveniles have been killed to date in the city compared to 16 all of last year. Police and the community are grappling with the rise in violent deaths. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 24, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Tight county budget, plus term limits, hurt hiring, commissioner says

    Milton's argument comes as the head of information services for county government says his lean budget could exacerbate problems hiring tech employees. The commission votes Monday on a set of exceptions to the county's hiring freeze totaling 104 positions and nearly $7 million.

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2020
  • Midtown

    Thread of love runs through each mask sewn for Binghampton neighbors

    Over the past four months, the Carpenter Art Garden, located on Carpenter Street, has distributed over 1,000 masks in Binghampton – free of charge – for both adults and children.

    By Omer Yusuf August 24, 2020
  • Metro

    Clerk-elect Joe Brown recovering from coronavirus

    General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown, the former Memphis City Council member who won the clerk’s position in the August elections, said he is recovering from coronavirus.

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2020
  • Metro

    Germantown distributing masks, signs

    Germantown is distributing masks and signs as part of its “Germantown Fighting Together” campaign. The effort reminds residents of proactive steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.

    By Abigail Warren August 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Hospital data improves; 4 new deaths reported in Shelby County

    The Health Department reported 14.4% of the 604 reported tests were positive. 

    By Abigail Warren August 23, 2020
  • Health Care

    Le Bonheur statistics show pandemic’s brute force on children

    The Resilience Initiative at Le Bonheur reports depression and mental illness up 250% in family homes since pandemic began; violence in neighborhoods up 350%.

    By Jane Roberts August 24, 2020
  • State Government

    Lawmakers seek ‘checks and balances,’ look at governor’s emergency powers

    Gov. Bill Lee may have stayed within his boundaries during a state of emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, but legislators still want more “checks and balances” and probably a bigger say in how orders are executed.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: Number of Tennessee tests tops 2 million

    In addition to two real-time deaths from COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the health department says 11 new deaths will be added to the total of Shelby County citizens who have died from complications of the novel coronavirus.

    By Jared Boyd August 24, 2020
  • Education

    Leatherwood: Schools will run into challenges staying open in COVID world

    Republican state Rep. Tom Leatherwood of Arlington believes schools will have a hard time staying open this year because of quarantine rules and the impact of one person testing positive for COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard August 22, 2020

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